Daniel 3:6

Daniel 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

Context of Daniel 3:6

4Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: 5As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.” 7Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 8At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews.

Daniel 3:6 word by word

וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And whosoמָןmân · who?H4479
• fallethנְפַלnephal · to fallH5308
• notלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• and worshippethסְגִ֑דsegid · to do homageH5457
• shall the same hourשָׁעָהshâ‛âh · momentH8160
• be castרְמָאremâh · to castH7412
• into the midstגַּוgav · midstH1459
• of a burningיְקַדyeqad · to burnH3345
• fieryנוּרnûr · fireH5135
• furnaceאַתּוּן'attûn · furnaceH861

Cross-references for Daniel 3:6

• Daniel 3:11and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
• Isaiah 44:17From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, “Save me! You are my god!”
• Matthew 4:9“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
• Revelation 13:15The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.
• Mark 6:27So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,
• Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
• Jeremiah 29:22Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned in the fire.’
• Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Revelation 9:2When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
• Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Commentaries on Daniel 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Shall the same hour - This is the first place in the Old Testament where we find the division of time into hours. The Greeks say that Anaximander was the inventor. He had it probably from the Chaldeans, among whom this division was in use long before Anaximander was born. Be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace - This was an ancient mode of punishment among the Chaldeans, if we may credit the tradition that Abram was cast into such a fire by…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth - The order in this verse seems to be tyrannical, and it is contrary to all our notions of freedom of religious opinion and worship. But it was much in the spirit of that age, and indeed of almost every age. It was an act to enforce uniformity in religion by the authority of the civil magistrate, and to secure it by threatened penalties. It should be observed, however, that the command at that time would not be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Nebuchadnezzar's obsession with power might have been fueled by the vision in Daniel 2. This obsession led him to build a golden statue and order everyone in his empire to worship it. He did not understand that God cannot be contained in any created object. The three young Hebrews refused to worship the statue as a god. They remained faithful to the Lord, and the Lord saved them from the king's anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. No other nation but the Jews would feel this edict oppressive; for it did not prevent them worshipping their own gods besides. It was evidently aimed at the Jews by those jealous of their high position in the king's court, who therefore induced the king to pass an edict as to all recusants, representing such refusal of homage as an act of treason to Nebuchadnezzar as civil and religious "head" of the empire. So the edict under Darius (Da 6:7-9) was…Read the comment

Topics related to Daniel 3:6

• Coercion
• Fire
• Furnace
• Idolatry
• Indictments
• Music
• Proclamation
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Adore
• Day
• Dial
• Furnace
• Hour
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Abed-Nego
• Adoration
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Daniel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings